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Chapter 71 |
| 1 | In thee, O
LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. |
| 2 | Deliver me
in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and
save me. |
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| Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually
resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my
fortress. |
| 4
| Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out
of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. |
| 5 | For thou art
my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. |
| 6 | By thee have I
been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's
bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. |
| 7 | I am as a
wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. |
| 8 | Let my mouth
be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. |
| 9 | Cast me
not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
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| 10 | For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul
take counsel together, |
| 11 | Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and
take him; for there is none to deliver him. |
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12 | O God, be not far from
me: O my God, make haste for my help. |
| 13 | Let them be confounded and
consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and
dishonour that seek my hurt. |
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14 | But I will hope continually, and will
yet praise thee more and more. |
| 15 | My mouth shall shew forth thy
righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers
thereof. |
| 16
| I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make
mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. |
| 17 | O God, thou
hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous
works. |
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| Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me
not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to
every one that is to come. |
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19 | Thy righteousness also, O God, is very
high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee! |
| 20 |
Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and
shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. |
| 21 | Thou shalt
increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. |
| 22 | I will also
praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing
with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. |
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23 | My lips shall greatly
rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
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| 24 | My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for
they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. |
